education in the news this week Archives

International Education Week events at the University of Iowa will help bridge cultures

by May 12, 2023

For decades, the US Department of State has designated the third week in November to recognize the value of a global curriculum at the K-16 level.

International Education Week, Nov. 15-19, serves as a bridge between cultures, if

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Clean Water Education Week takes center stage in Harrisburg | Pennsylvania News

by May 04, 2023

HARRISBURG, Pa. -Clean water. It’s vital for living things, but according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection more than 30 percent of stream miles in the state are degraded by pollution.

“It’s one of those things that we need

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Drainville wants school service centers to be more accountable

by May 03, 2023

Québec City –

It’s time to change the “culture” of school service centers to make them more accountable, says Bernard Drainville, who plans to introduce a new bill on school governance.

The Minister of Education faced a barrage of questions

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British Columbia rolls out massive training program to address job shortages

by May 02, 2023

The BC government is investing $480 million to train and re-train workers specifically targeting industries with current shortages.

The plan includes a future skills grant of up to $3,500 to help cover the costs of in-demand jobs.

The grants will

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Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls | Education News

by Apr 12, 2023

Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance at secondary schools.

Education Minister Habibullah Agha confirmed in a statement that schools

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Ohio’s top education official leaves her job as Republicans push plan to remake ODE

by Apr 10, 2023

Stephanie Siddens is interim state superintendent of the Ohio Department of Education

As state lawmakers whether debate to fundamentally change the role of Ohio’s top education official, the woman in that position has decided to leave.

Stephanie Siddens, who has

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Advocates want Matiullah Wesa’s freedom from the Taliban

by Apr 01, 2023

ISLAMABAD –

Calls mounted Wednesday for the Taliban to free a girls’ education activist were arrested earlier this week in Kabul, as a government minister defended the detention.

Matiullah Wesa, founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental

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The teacher accused of using racial slurs towards students is now suspended, the TN district says

by Mar 31, 2023

A white science teacher has been put on administrative leave after being accused of using racial slurs during a class discussion, the district confirmed.

The high school chemistry teacher at South-Doyle High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, was seen on video

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Digital literacy: Can the republic ‘survive an algorithm’?

by Mar 24, 2023

SEATTLE (AP) — Shawn Lee, a high school social studies teacher in Seattle, wants to see lessons on the internet akin to a kind of 21st century driver’s education, an essential for modern life.

Lee has tried to bring that

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Dental Flossing | Guest Diet Blog

by Mar 13, 2023

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A key part of maintaining good dental hygiene is teeth flossing. However, as many as 36% of Americans don’t bother with flossing at all. While there have been claims made that flossing is not necessary, there is

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